Ihsahn recently revealed he'll be releasing two new EPs in 2020 – one named Telemark that's "bare bones black metal influences" due out on February 14, and another EP that's "more progressive, experimental and mellow elements" due out sometime.
Ihsahn has posted a teaser for a new song off Telemark that we'll get to hear on December 13. He also discussed the EP title and what to expect in a recent interview.
“The title of the EP is Telemark – it’s the county I grew up in and still live in, so the whole thing is situated there and very much inspired by that. So you could say it’s a roots-orientated album. I decided early on that I wanted this to be very purely related to black metal aesthetics.
"I wanted to distill the basic, bare bones black metal influences of my musical roots, given the overall concept, writing something for and from Telemark. I decided to do Norwegian lyrics for the first time, too. It feels very much closer to home in many ways.”
